גְּדוּלָּה
ge.du.lahgreatnessHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine12 occurrences4 books11 verses
Definition
or גְּדֻלָּה; (shortened) or (less accurately) גְּדוּלָּה; feminine of H1419; greatness; (concretely) mighty acts
Traditional renderings: dignity, great things(-ness), majesty.
Traditional renderings: dignity, great things(-ness), majesty.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גְּדוּלָּה:
- μεγαλωσύνηmegalōsunē“majesty”50%
- μέγαςmegas“great”25%
- χάριςcharis“grace”25%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
12 total
- 2 Samuel 7:21הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה · great thingFor the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
- 2 Samuel 7:23הַגְּדוּלָּ֤ה · greatAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 17:19הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה · great thing; הַגְּדֻלּֽוֹת׃ · these great promisesO LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת · through greatAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11הַגְּדֻלָּ֨ה · is the greatnessYours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Esther 1:4גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹ · of his greatnessAnd for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
- Esther 6:3וּגְדוּלָּ֛ה · or dignityThe king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
- Esther 10:2גְּדֻלַּ֣ת · of the greatnessAnd all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
- Psalm 71:21גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י · my honorYou will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
- Psalm 145:3וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ · His greatnessGreat is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalm 145:6וּגְדוּלֹּתֶיךָ · Your greatnessThey will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.